Oscar Pistorius holds his head in his hands during proceedings today (Picture: EPA)

Oscar Pistorius has been sick in court for the second time in a week, after graphic pictures of Reeva Steenkamp’s body were shown by mistake.

The Paralympian began coughing and retching when an image of his alleged murder victim’s body was shown for a fraction of a second amid other pictures of his bathroom and blood-stained prosthetic legs.

The picture, believed to have been shown in error, led to loud gasps in the Pretoria courtroom, and a screen close to where the 27-year-old is sitting was turned off.

Friends and family of Ms Steenkamp, who was shot dead in Pistorius’s bathroom on Valentine’s Day last year aged 29, had already left court in tears after the bathroom pictures were shown.

Reeva Steenkamp was shot by Oscar Pistorius last year (Picture: EPA)

Pistorius, who denies murder on the grounds that he had mistaken Ms Steenkamp for an intruder, threw up in court earlier this week when he heard graphic detail about her autopsy.

If convicted he will face a minimum 25-year sentence.

In court today defence counsel Barry Roux is cross-examining forensic analyst Lt Col Johannes Vermuelen in the second week of the trial.

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A newspaper has had to apologise after warning that a worldwide conflict between human and goat-kind was on the brink of breaking out.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Goats: Not plotting the annihilation of humankind… yet (Picture: Getty)

In what is quite likely to be the best ever newspaper correction, and remain so until a paper claims that huskies are due to declare war on pugs, the Argus set the record straight after misquoting the director of the Brighton Science Festival.

Richard Robinson had been answering readers’ questions, two of which were about the aforementioned World War Goat, but the paper mistakenly attributed the queries to the interviewee. Oops.

Here is the full apology:

‘Friday’s Argus featured a Your Interview with Richard Robinson.

‘We would like to clarify that the quote “I have become increasingly convinced that we are heading for a disastrous confrontation and that the 21st century will be remembered for a terrible war between mankind and goats” was a reader question and not a response from Mr Robinson.

‘The next paragraph: ‘People often underestimate how dangerous a goat can be – I personally know six people who have become severely injured by goats, and the annual death toll racked up by goats is over 2,000,000″, is also a reader question and not a response from Mr Robinson.

‘The Argus is happy to correct this and would like to apologise for the error.’

You can read the full interview here, including Mr Robinson’s answers to the two questions (spoiler alert: he’s more concerned by marauding sea urchins than the march of imperialist goats).

Next week’s Your Interview, meanwhile, is with the Glyndebourne opera house director, so expect the Argus to accuse him of scaremongering about an imminent outbreak of the disease that turns you inside out.

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A picture from a Vietnam search aircraft shows debris, possibly from the missing plane (Picture: EPA)

Rescue helicopters were scrambled to investigate reports of a ‘yellow object’ spotted floating in waters near where contact was lost with a Malaysian Airlines flight with 239 people on board.

Vietnamese officials initially said it was thought the object could be a life raft from flight MH370, which disappeared without a trace on Saturday local time after leaving Kuala Lumpur.

But the country’s civil aviation authority later said the object had been identified as a moss-covered cap of a cable reel, without specifying whether the object was part of a plane.

Tears: A distraught Chinese woman is escorted through a hotel in Beijing as she waits for news of a relative (Picture: AP)

Searches are being conducted around 140km (90 miles) south-west of Tho Chu island, which is about 200km off the coast of southern Vietnam.

It has been suggested that the Boeing 777, which was heading for Beijing, may have fallen victim to a hijacking attempt, with investigators looking into how stolen passports – one Italian, one Austrian – were used to board the plane by two passengers.

Despite eight nations joining the search for the missing jet no debris or wreckage has so far been found, leading to fears it disintegrated at about 35,000ft.

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Rachel Canning is suing her own parents in a landmark legal case (Picture: Reuters)

A high school cheerleader has failed in her first bid to force her parents to pay for her education at a private Catholic school.

Rachel Canning left the family home in New Jersey when she turned 18 last autumn – but she is demanding her parents continue to financially support her through college.

A New Jersey family court judge has ruled that her parents Sean and Elizabeth do not have to pay high school tuition, give her a weekly allowance or provide further financial support for attorney fees.

But a decision on whether they should pay for her college tuition was delayed until next month.

Ms Canning stared straight ahead during the hearing in Morristown, as her parents, who had previously described their daughter as ‘spoilt’, repeatedly broke down on the other side of the courtroom.

Elizabeth and Sean Canning cried throughout the hearing (Picture: AP)

Mr Canning’s lawyer Laurie Rush-Masuret said the family were distraught that their oldest daughter feels that litigation is a better option than living together as a family.

‘To be clear, my clients never abandoned nor abused their child and they have asked her to come home,’ the attorney added.

Ms Canning has been living with her friend’s family who are backing the cheerleader’s legal bid.

She left the family home on or around her 18th birthday following a disagreement with her parents, who claim she refused to do her chores or adhere to curfew times.

In the landmark case, Ms Canning claimed that – despite being aged 18 – she is still dependent as a student on her parents for support.

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Trust me, I’m a doctor (Picture: YouTube)

Who knew colonoscopies could be such a good source of LOLs?

YouTube comedian Jack Vale filmed a prankvertisement (*shudder*) for the Colon Cancer Alliance in the US, with the message that colon cancer can be prevented when detected early.

To best transmit that message he posed as a post-op supervisor and told half-sedated patients, with the aid of fake X-rays, that he had found playing cards, iPhones, keys, and even a Pterodactyl hand puppet in their colons.

More proof if any was needed of how much more trustworthy people appear while wearing scrubs.

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Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (Picture: Reuters)

Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin have clashed on Russian troop deployments in the Crimea as the Ukraine crisis shows no sign of de-escalating.

The US and Russian presidents had a 90-minute phone conversation last night, with Mr Obama accusing Mr Putin of violating Ukrainian sovereignty.

Demonstrators gather bear the US consulate in Kiev (Picture: EPA)

‘The United States calls on Russia to de-escalate tensions by withdrawing its forces back to bases in Crimea and to refrain from any interference elsewhere in Ukraine,’ the White House said in a statement.

But Mr Putin insisted that the political uncertainty in Ukraine posed ‘real threats’ to Russian citizens, after the country’s parliament approved his request to send troops into its neighbour.

Troops with no identifying insignia and local pro-Russian militants stand guard outside a local government building in Simferopol (Picture: Getty)

According to journalists in the Crimea, where armed men have seized airports, a convoy of 12 Russian military trucks was seen heading from Sevastopol, where Russia has a naval base, to the regional capital of Simferopol.

UK foreign secretary William Hague is travelling to Kiev to meet with Ukraine’s interim president Oleksandr Turchynov, who was appointed after Viktor Yanukovych fled the country following a violent end to months of protest against his rule. Yesterday David Cameron warned Mr Putin the ‘world is watching’ and that there was ‘no excuse’ for military intervention in Ukraine.

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The picture of refugees stretching into the distance was taken at the end of January (Picture: AP/UNRWA)

These are the horrifying scenes as refugees stretch as far as the eye can see amid ruined buildings as they queue for food in Damascus, Syria.

The almost apocalyptic photograph shows Palestinian refugees from the Yarmouk camp, which is besieged by the warring factions in the country, waiting for food and medicine.

The United Nations wants aid workers to be given unrestricted access to continue the distribution of supplies.

Filippo Grandi, commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said the devastation in the region was ‘unbelievable’.

‘There is not one single building that I have seen that is not an empty shell by now,’ he said, speaking from Beirut, Lebanon.

He added of the refugees: ‘It’s like the appearance of ghosts.’

More than 2million people are understood to have fled Syria during its three-year civil war, with more than 9million in total needing humanitarian assistance.

@Dominos_UK responded to the ‘hilarious’ tweet five times, at first just pushing the tweeter towards head office’s email address, but later replying when the aptly-named LAD_VIGO claimed the pizza had offered him oral sex.

In addition, a quick look at the @ITK_AGENT_VIGO account would have revealed some pretty extreme tweets directed at other Twitter users.

Ghostbusters actor and writer Harold Ramis has died aged 69, his wife has said.

The comedy director died in the early hours of this morning following complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a disease that involves the swelling of blood vessels, the Chicago Tribune said.

Ramis, who began his career writing for National Lampoon TV shows, achieved mainstream success with Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both of which he starred in – alongside Bill Murray – and wrote, as well as a 1989 sequel to the latter film.

Arguably his most celebrated work is 1993’s Groundhog Day, which he once again wrote, directed and acted in, and also with Murray as its lead.

Harold Ramis (left) with John Cusack, the star of his 2005 film The Ice Harvest (Picture: Reuters)

He would go on to write Analyze This and its sequel Analyze That, and had a cameo in Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up as Seth Rogen’s father.

His last film was Year One, produced by Apatow, in 2009, after which an infection laid him extremely low and he had to relearn how to walk.

Ivan Reitman, who directed his scripts in Ghostbusters and its sequel, said: ‘I always thought he was a very talented writer who always had a very perceptive and intelligent point of view about the material.

‘He managed to get the people to speak in a realistic way but still found something funny in their voices.’

Russia’s punk protest group Pussy Riot were whipped by militia after trying to perform in Sochi.

Footage shows five women and one man – wearing signature ski masks and brightly-coloured clothing – being attacked by a group of Cossacks – effectively an auxiliary police force – and other security officials.

One militiaman appeared to use peppery spray, another whipped the singers, while others ripped off their masks and threw a guitar in the bin.

No arrests were made following the incident (Picture: AP)

During the three-minute incident, which took place under a sign advertising the Winter Olympics, group member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was struck with a whip as she lay on the ground.

Police later arrived on the scene but no arrests were made.

Pussy Riot, a performance-art collective involving a loose membership of feminists who edit their actions into music videos, have become an international flash-point for those who contend Vladimir Putin’s government has exceeded its authority, particularly restricting human and gay rights.

Six members of the group attempted to stage the protest (Picture: AP)

The group gained international attention in 2012 after barging into Moscow’s main cathedral and performing a ‘punk prayer’ in which they entreated the Virgin Mary to save Russia from Mr Putin, who was on the verge of returning to the Russian presidency for a third term.

Two members of the group, Ms Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina, were sentenced to two years in prison, but were released in December under an amnesty bill seen as a Kremlin effort to assuage critics before the Olympics.

On Tuesday, two members of the group were briefly detained in Sochi, but not arrested.

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Marwan is now one of almost 600,000 Syrian refugees registered in the country, according to the UNHCR, their future clouded in hardship and uncertainty with no end in sight to the near-three-year civil war.

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Flood victims have been warned the situation could get worse yet still (Picture: AP)

Despite David Cameron’s pledge that ‘money is no object’ when it comes to flood relief efforts, thousands of people are still suffering from the misery and disruption associated with the wettest weather seen in the country for 250 years.

So some very public-spirited individuals have been taking matters into their own hands and begun volunteering to help those worst affected by the floods.

A new website allows volunteers to offer their services and specify exactly what they can bring to the table.

Some of them have been offering to bring food, water and medical supplies:

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Others have said they will help with the clean-up:

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Other volunteers said they could bring sandbags:

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Some said they could help keep pets safe:

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Others said they would do anything to help:

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And one even offered to sleep on the floor if the person that needed help was too far away:

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The site was set up yesterday by Aurore Hochard, an entrepreneur who co-founded Taskhub, which helps people find local services.

She told Metro she was asked to help coordinate volunteers following a recent meeting at Downing Street with the prime minister.

She said after receiving a call at around 12noon yesterday the site was up within five hours.

‘I always felt there was no platform for volunteers and there is nothing people can turn to,’ she said, adding she wanted to emulate the crowd-sourced cleaning efforts that followed the riots across England in 2011.

‘After the riots people got together and did their best to become a community and help each other. And this is another opportunity for people can come together and help each other in this difficult time.’

Whether the site is an example of the prime minister’s vaunted big society or just a combination of people power and social media, flood victims can use the site for around the clock help from unpaid volunteers.

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Oops (Picture: Imgur / GIANTclouds)

Somehow, some journalists still aren’t familiar with private browsing.

A report on Chicago-based station WGNTV filmed a smartphone searching for a new website that helps young people remove minor offences from their record, expunge.io.

But unfortunately the iPhone being used had previously bookmarked a website called pornhub.com, which we are reliably informed is some sort of adult video site.

Watch the report here (the Pornhub fail takes place about 50 seconds in).

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Enjoy this sight while it lasts (Picture: EPA)

Members of the RMT and TSSA unions are holding two 48-hour strikes over plans to close all of the ticket offices on the London Underground.

The first strike is set to begin at 9pm on Tuesday and the second at the same time next week, but in both cases disruption is expected to spill-over into the Friday as well.

Here are some practical tips to keep moving and avoid the worst of the inevitable delays to your normal journey.

Persevere with the Tube

Click on the map for a larger version (Picture: TfL/ @ianvisits)

Almost all lines will be operating in some capacity, albeit with a greatly reduced service and with many stations closed outright. This mapcould help give you an indication of whether sticking with the Tube during the strike is an option, although stations are likely to be extremely busy, with long delays likely. In addition, reduced services will only run between 7am and 11pm. Click here to see what lines Transport for London intends to run.

See the sights

This is your big chance, buses (Picture: PA)

More than 100 extra buses are being laid on by TfL on the capital’s busiest routes, while volunteers are being posted to bus stations to help commuters who normally do all their travelling underground. Regardless, buses are likely to be extremely busy.

Take to the river

They look like they’re enjoying themselves somewhat (Picture: Getty)

The last major Tube strike was marked by pictures of long queues of workers waiting to catch a boat from London Bridge to Canary Wharf, and this time around could be no different. TfL expects to run enhanced river services, around every 15 minutes. A morning river cruise could be a pleasant alternative to a packed Tube, although conditions could be a bit choppy (see below).

Get some exercise

In reality there won’t nearly be as many bikes available to hire (Picture: EPA)

Walking maps are already available online but will also be handed out by TfL ambassadors at stations in zone one, and other large outer London stations. Boris Bikes are likely to be in huge demand during the strike, while any commuters with their own bike are naturally being encouraged to cycle, with employers asked to be flexible and allow workers to wear casual clothes. Unfortunately, the weather isn’t exactly going to play ball, with rain and strong gusts forecast for the whole of Wednesday. Thursday may be a more pleasant day to get the bike out.

Just stay at home

You could avoid all this and get an extra hour in bed (Picture: Getty)

National sickie day has been and gone, but home-working could be a realistic option for millions of Londoners, with conference call provider Powwownow predicting record numbers of remote workers during the strike.

Use one of those outdoor trains

The DLR is controlled by robots, which is a bonus (Picture: Supplied)

Fortunately the Tube strike will not affect either London Overground or the DLR, although both are expected to be exceptionally busy due to the knock-on effect of the strike.

The nuclear option

Keeping London moving, one cable car at a time (Picture: File)

We can’t stress this enough, but the Emirates Air Line will be operating a normal service during the strikes. So anyone commuting to the O2 from Royal Victoria can relax.

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The lines that should be running (Picture: TfL/ @ianvisits)

Unless two upcoming 48-hour Tube strikes are called off, here are the lines you can expect to be running.

Update: The map was created by a blogger and presented as a rough guide to help people plan their journeys during the strikes. There may be instances where stations are included but TfL does not intend to operate services through them, such as Clapham South.

In general, journeys will be disrupted on Wednesday and Thursday, with services starting later at around 7am and finishing at about 11pm, while buses and other services are expected to be especially busy.

All of this puts a lot of strain on the Emirates Air Line. We hope it’s up to it.

Bakerloo line
Trains between Queen’s Park and Elephant & Castle every six minutes, although these trains will not stop at Edgware Road, Embankment, Kilburn Park, Lambeth North, Maida Vale, Piccadilly Circus or Regent’s Park

Central line
No service through the central area, but trains will run between Epping and Leystone around every 12 minutes, and between West Ruislip and White City every 15 minutes

Circle line
No service expected at all; use the District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines instead

District line
Trains will run between Upminster and Wimbledon every eight minutes, and between Ealing Broadway and High Street Kensington every 20 minutes, but these trains will not stop at Aldgate East, Becontree, Blackfriars, Bromley-by-Bow, Dagenham East, Dagenham Heathway, East Ham, Elm Park, Gloucester Road, Hornchurch, Plaistow, Sloane Square, Stepney Green, Temple, Upminster Bridge, Upney or Upton Park

Hammersmith & City line
Trains will run between Hammersmith and Moorgate every ten minutes, not stopping at Barbican, Euston Square and Great Portland Street

Jubilee line
Trains should run between Stanmore and Finchley road every five minutes, and between Waterloo and Stratford every five minutes, not stopping at Bermondsey or Southwark

Metropolitan line
Transport for London intends to run trains between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Aldgate around every ten minutes, but these services will not call at Barbican, Euston Square, Great Portland Street, Northwick Park and Preston Road

Northern line
Trains should run over the whole line apart from Mill Hill East, but services on both the Bank and Charing Cross branches will not stop at Borough, Chalk Farm, Clapham North, Clapham South, Colliers Wood, Embankment, Goodge Street, Hampstead, Highgate, Leicester Square, Mornington Crescent, Old Street, Oval, South Wimbledon, Tooting Bec, Tufnell Park or Warren Street

Piccadilly line
No service is expected in the central area, but trains will run between Acton Town and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 and 3 every ten minutes, and between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters every ten minutes. These trains will not stop at Heathrow Terminal 4 or Southgate

Victoria line
Trains should run between Seven Sisters and Victoria every five minutes, not stopping at Warren Street

Maria Duque-Tunjano’s body was found at the end of January (Picture: Scotland Yard)

A manhunt has been launched after one London sex worker was killed and another attacked.

Police are searching for Robert Richard Fraser, also known as Robert Aleem and Shia Robert Jackson, after the two incidents, which have been linked.

He is wanted in connection with the murder of Colombian-born British national Maria Duque-Tunjano, whose body was found at an address in Earls Court Square, south-west London, on Friday January 31.

Detectives believe the body of the 48-year-old, who lived in Streatham, had been there for several days, while a post-mortem found she died from blunt trauma to the head.

‘Enquiries have established that Maria was a sex worker who used the flat in Earls Court Square for her work. It is believed she was robbed of a quantity of cash during the assault,’ Scotland Yard said.

Robert Richard Fraser, also known as Robert Aleem and Shia Robert Jackson, is wanted by police (Picture: Scotland Yard)

The murder has now been linked to another attack on female sex worker at an address in Paddington on January 18 that saw a woman in her 20s assaulted and robbed but not seriously injured.

‘We have established that Maria was last seen alive on Tuesday January 28. We also understand she was in the company of a man and our primary focus is to trace him as part of this investigation,’ said Detective Chief Inspector Nicola Wall.

‘It is now our belief that this man was also responsible for an attack on another female sex worker in Paddington. It is imperative that we trace him as soon as possible.’

DCI Wall added: ‘We have spoken to organisations with links to those who work in the sex industry to make them aware of this incident and pass on the message that personal safety of sex workers is of paramount importance.’

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the incident room on 020 8785 8244 or to ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

‘In the meantime, I have had further correspondence with Boris Johnson and we are available for direct talks with the mayor with no preconditions. We are awaiting his confirmation that he is up for getting round the table with no preconditions or caveats.’

Members of the unions are planning to walk out for 48 hours from 9pm on Tuesday and again a week later.

London Underground has announced contingency plans for the strike days but passengers face travel chaos if the action goes ahead.

Mr Crow has just returned from a cruise in the Caribbean followed by a stay in Brazil where he was pictured sunning himself on the beach.

Asked what RMT members might think about his luxury holiday, he said: ‘Well, I’m on leave at the moment.’

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Paul May had called for the charges against him to be dropped (Picture: Martin Godwin / the Guardian)

Three men who took £33 worth of food from a skip outside an Iceland store will no longer face trial after prosecutors dropped charges against them.

The Crown Prosecution Service said it was not in the public interest to pursue charges against Londoners Paul May, Jason Chan and William James.

The climbdown followed anger at people being prosecuted under an obscure part of a 200-year-old law for taking food destined for the landfill or the recycling centre.

Baljit Ubhey, chief crown prosecutor for London, said prosecutors had to consider the ‘seriousness of the alleged offence and the level of harm done’.

She added: ‘While the decision to charge was taken by the Metropolitan Police Service, a subsequent review of the case by the CPS did not give due weight to the public interest factors tending against prosecution.’

Iceland itself said it did not see the merit in a prosecution (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Ms Ubhey continued: ‘We hope this demonstrates our willingness to review decisions and take appropriate and swift action when necessary. The Crown Prosecution Service is committed to bringing the right charges to court when – and only when – it is proper to do so.’

The three men had been charged under the 1824 Vagrancy Act for being found in ‘an enclosed area, namely Iceland, for an unlawful purpose, namely stealing food’.

They had initially been arrested on suspicion of burglary and held for 19 hours after being found with tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese and Mr Kipling Cakes leaving the store in Kentish Town, north London, last October.

Mr May, a 35-year-old web designer who lives in a north London squat along with his co-defendants, told the Guardian he had done nothing wrong and was looking for the case to be dropped.

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Mark Zuckerberg set up thefacebook.com at Harvard on February 4, 2004 (Picture: AP/File)

Ever wondered how much time you’ve wasted (spent) on Facebook?

As the social network prepares to celebrate its tenth birthday next month, a new app has been created that can pinpoint just how many days, hours and minutes you have wiled away on the site.

The Facebook Time Machine, from Time magazine, runs through a user’s timestamps on posts until it reaches the earliest one, so it does not include time spent hiding baby photos from newsfeeds or stalking old flames.

Facebook says its 1.1billion users each spend an average of 17 minutes on the site every day, so click on the image belowor here to find out how you compare.

We won’t tell you which member of the online team this calculator belongs to… (Picture: Time)

We accept no responsibility for the dawning realisation that you have wasted the best years of your life poking people you haven’t seen since you did your GCSEs.

Paul May has called on the charges to be dropped (Picture: Martin Godwin / the Guardian)

Three men are to go on trial for taking £33 worth of food from a skip outside an Iceland store.

Paul May, Jason Chan and William James have been charged under a 200-year-old law for taking tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese and Mr Kipling Cakes.

They were arrested leaving the store in Kentish Town, north London, last October, after a member of the public phoned police when they saw three men climb over a back wall.

Despite initially being arrested on suspicion of burglary and held for 19 hours, they were later charged under an obscure section of the 1824 Vagrancy Act for being found in ‘an enclosed area, namely Iceland, for an unlawful purpose, namely stealing food’.

Next month’s trial means magistrates will scrutinise ‘skipping’, where people recover discarded food intended for landfill or recycling, with supermarkets also under pressure to cut down on waste.

The men were arrested leaving an Iceland store with a bag and trolley full of food (Picture: AFP/Getty)

According to the Guardian, Mr May, a 35-year-old web designer who lives in a north London squat along with his co-defendants, insists he did nothing wrong and has called on the case to be dropped.

The Crown Prosecution Service however has said there is ‘significant public interested’ in the case going to trial.

The trial is set to begin at Highbury magistrates’ court on February 3. ‘We will not be discussing the prosecution case in detail ahead of the trial,’ the CPS added.

In a statement, Iceland said it was itself asking the CPS why it believed the case was in the public interest.

‘We sympathise with those who are struggling to meet their food bills,’ a spokesperson added.

The device, which has ‘ver 1.1.1′ etched into its back, was said to be ‘in near mint condition, apart from a very tiny mark in the back’ and ‘passes all tests perfectly’.

‘A special test software was installed [on this phone], which is still running on the device perfectly,’ the seller wrote.

Various specifications are engraved on the handset’s rear (Picture: eBay)

‘This is device is especially rare, as it shows the initial iOS version installed and the signal strength values etched on the back. This was done by Apple internally and is guaranteed genuine. I know of only five such devices in existence, I saw another one a few weeks back on eBay, but the auction was stopped.’

Although the price may seem relatively modest given the item’s rarity, as it runs an early version of iOS designed to test the phone’s hardware, it cannot make any calls.

Michael Schumacher is said to be in a critical condition (Picture: EPA/File)

Seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is in a ‘critical’ condition after suffering a head injury while skiing.

‘He suffered head trauma with coma that needed prompt neurosurgical treatment,’ Schumacher’s agent said in a statement read to reporters at the hospital where the retired driver is being treated in the French city of Grenoble.

Michael Schumacher was said to be conscious when taken to hospital (Picture: EPA/File)

It had previously been disclosed that Schumacher was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident and was conscious while being transported to the local hospital.

The 44-year-old is under the care of Professor Gerard Saillant, a brain and spine injury expert and also a close friend of Jean Todt, the president of Formula One’s governing body and Schumacher’s former Ferrari team chief.

Schumacher is the most successful Formula One driver of all time with a record 91 race victories. He won his titles with Benetton and Ferrari.

He left the sport last year after a three-year comeback with Mercedes following an earlier retirement from Ferrari at the end of 2006. He lives in Switzerland with his wife and two children.

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